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Collection of golf swings from the 2006 Western Open practice round

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[waylonchen]

Of course I wish I had a swing like Villegas'. But that's not saying his swing is perfect.

And if commenting on videos meant I don't have a life, it seems that you're not much better yourself.

[colinmontgomerie]

immelman best swing eva

[Camden1101]

MOST of them were major champs

[kukke25]

JD with cigarette in mouth xD

[emncaity]

Last typing test I took was 93 wpm, and I write for a living, was a sportswriter and columnist, so....not long. Maybe 15-20 min. How long did it take you to skip them, if you didn't want to read them?

[NikeGolf35]

emmnacity, cool it. ow long did it take u 2 write all these comments?

[veitchstyle]

shocking swing definetly have ta agre with emncaity too much heaving and lunging, is not a nice constant flow like myself can do.

[emncaity]

BTW, somebody mentioned Villegas, and he's another example of a guy who has some goofiness in his swing (much more than with Glover), but gets it done. I actually _hate_ watching him swing a club, but he's the leaders in GIR this year, so there you go. I think it comes down to the fact that beyond a very few true fundamentals in the swing, golf is really about much more than the swing--which is something a lot of young players don't seem to get at all.

[emncaity]

Go here (with YT prefix): watch?v=an0LY6HsLWY

I absolutely love his extension and the flow of his arm swing, but most players couldn't maintain a swinging motion with a forward move of the head and upper body like he has. He actually moves backward, then forward at the start of the downswing, about a head-width past his address position, then back a bit by impact. But he's pretty much gold in most other respects. I just wouldn't recommend all that movement to most players.

[emncaity]

And neither Garcia nor Glover is anywhere on the map with Hogan or Nelson. Not yet.

Anyhow, no, I stand by the comment about Glover's forward slide. When Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, Nelson, Snead, Jones, etc. make an effort to stay back behind the ball, I'm gonna say that's the preferred way to do it. But this year, in this tournament, Glover absolutely deserved the win, because he's certainly making it work right now. #1 in total driving coming into the Open is a good place to be.

[emncaity]

As for Hogan and Nelson, both kept their heads well back through impact; Nelson in particular was very explicit about his efforts to do so. I wouldn't characterize either of them as "heaving and lunging" at all, although I guess you could find other technical flaws (mostly in Nelson's soft and sometimes sagging/dipping left side--he was convinced you shouldn't have a firm left leg through impact with steel shafts). Garcia's not comparable to Glover, either, in this respect.

[emncaity]

...and, in fact, the first time Glover was mentioned, the other poster said Glover "has to have great hands to time that swing," and I agreed that he did. If you can find two top teachers who are in favor of letting the head and swing center slide as far forward as Glover does, more power to ya. Sometimes a guy plays well in _spite_ of certain swing characteristics, rather than because of them. I think he's a talented guy who's worked hard to get where he is, and he has a perfect temperament.